Lucky Me!

What more could a girl want than to have her very own sexy hot cowboy out tilling the ground for her so that she can have a garden???

Maybe to have her very own super good looking firefighter/flight paramedic out saving the world.

Lucky me ;)

Ava's Nine Month Pictures

Thank you, thank you, thank you, Julia!!!!!

Ava Lynn

Ladybug Funeral

My girlfriend and her kids came to ride horses and visit on Friday. 

Her oldest daughter volunteered to babysit while we went and got some yummy lunch together.

(o.k., she didn't really volunteer, but she wasn't to hard to bribe either)

When we got back from lunch, this is what we found.

A ladybug funeral.

Here's the gravestone that Gracie and Rylee made for their innocent ladybugs, 

whose lives apparently ended a bit prematurely. 

Notice our sweethearts fake crying in the back row.

They are obviously very upset about the whole ordeal.

Pretty sure they feel super bad for what they did.

It was a great funeral.  Very uplifting. 

 I'm sure, um, Jessica and Sara, are very happy in their flower garden in Heaven.

Gracie's Field Trip

Gracie and Mommy went on the best field trip to the zoo!

Gracie got to rock climb!

She was doing so great..................until she looked down :)

Go Gracie, Go!!!!

She pet a sting ray.  

It only took her about 100 tries before she forced herself not to pull her hand out of the water every time the sting ray swam by.  So very brave.

She rode on the carousel.  I stood in front of her, trying to take pictures, while she pretended that her hummingbird was attacking me and gobbling me up.  So sweet.  

I also discovered that I hate the carousel.  It apparently doesn't take very much to give me motion sickness anymore.  Plus, I don't like being attacked and gobbled up by evil hummingbirds.  No fun.

We saw lots of fun animals and had a great day together!

(I'm also loving the fact that I'm wearing a maternity shirt, just so that my tummy fat wouldn't be as obvious.  It even says 'kiss me baby', which really makes no sense unless you're pregnant.  Ugh!)

Nap Time

Don't you just love snuggling up in bed with a good book?

I gave Ava her 'Little Pookie' book, which she was very intently studying. (she's brilliant)

I went in to clean the bathroom and when I came out I found her sound asleep with her favorite book.

Ugh, I just want to gobble her up!!!